April 27, (THEWILL) – Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has asked for detail situation report of the tanker explosion that rocked the Eleme axis of the East-West Road, on Friday.
THEWILL reports that several vehicles were burnt while unconfirmed number of persons are feared dead after a tanker laden with petroleum products exploded adjacent to the Indorama Petrochemical Company located along the Akpojo-Onne axis of the East-West Road on Friday at about 7:30 pm.
Speaking on Saturday when he visited the scene of the incident, Governor Fubara, accompanied by Rivers State Commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Disu and the Director of State Security Service (DSS), asked security agencies to give full brief of the situation.
His words: “We are here to see for ourselves to get a first hand report of the incident that happened yesterday about 7:30 pm that was caused by a tanker conveying PMS.
“I got the information through the MD of Indorama and I immediately alerted the security agencies to make sure they step in. From what we are seeing this morning it is not a pleasant situation.
“From what I am seeing a huge number of vehicles was destroyed, Souls lost. I have asked the security agencies to give us a full brief so that we can come into the situation fully by seeing how much we can support the families, who are bereaved and how we can cushion the loss which is no fault of theirs.
“We all know the situation of this road. Is really really unfortunate. Most of our people when plying this road should ply with caution. I believe strongly that this situation would have been avoided if the motorists have behaved properly.
“It is late.This is situation we find ourselves.We will see how much we can control it.”
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